Many community centers offer music classes that are made for seniors, allowing older adults to interact with each other while sharing their love of music. Some common instruments that seniors learn how to play include the ukulele, harmonica, and piano, as these instruments are easy to learn, require less mobility than others, and don’t require a large financial commitment (unless you’re buying a piano).

Playing and listening to music can have a positive impact on seniors’ emotional health and wellbeing while reducing stress and anxiety. (Sidenote: Here are more hobbies for people with anxiety.)

Organizations such as the NAMM Foundation offer programs for people of all ages and abilities to support music-making and its ability to allow people to be creative while using all parts of their brain in collaboration. Through creative inspiration and unspoken communication, learning how to play music is a unique hobby that offers benefits to people of all ages.